218 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Lychnis dioica, deposited singly : yellow, gradually assuming 

 a darker shade till they became of an orange-colour; oblong, 

 glossy, very slightly flattened on both surfaces. The young 

 larvae, which were yellovv, with a black head and a black 

 corneous plate on the 2nd segment, began to appear on the 

 seventh day, June 26th. 



Melanippe procellata. — A female, taken July 3rd, laid 

 thirty-eight eggs: twenty-three on the 4th, eight on the 5th, 

 and seven on the 6th. The larger number were deposited on 

 the upper edge of the leaves of the food-plant, traveller's joy 

 (Clematis vitalba), some on the under edge, and one on the 

 stem : almost white, opaque, oblong, slightly depressed on 

 the crown, not glossy. 



Anticlea ruhidata. — A female, taken July 3rd, laid twenty- 

 eight eggs: twenty-two were deposited on the tips of the 

 leaves of the food-plant (Galium mollugo), for the most part 

 singly, sometimes two on one tip, and in one instance six, 

 and six on the muslin cover : oblong, equally rounded at each 

 end ; nearly white, glossy, having very much the appearance 

 of pearls attached to the tips of the leaves. The young larvae 

 began to appear on the tenth day, July 13th. 



Scotosia undiilaia. — A female, taken July 9lh, laid one 

 hundred and seventy-one eggs: thirty-one were deposited on 

 the 11th, eleven on the 12th, thirteen on the 13th, twenty- 

 four on the 14th, five on the 15th, five on the 16lh, two on 

 the 17th, ten on the 18th, fifty on the 19lh, one on the 20th, 

 eight on the 21st, eleven on the 26th : one hundred and 

 eighteen were on the upper side of the leaves, the goat- 

 sallow (Salix capraea), and fifty-three on the under side, all 

 deposited singly : oblong, slightly depressed on the crown ; 

 white, slightly glossy. The young larvae began to appear on 

 the twelfth day, July 23rd. 



P. H. Jennings. 



Longfield Eectory, Gravesend, 

 August 18, 1875. 



Entomological Notes, Captures, 8{c. 



Captures in Kent. — I had again the pleasure of taking 

 Nola albulalis in the north of Kent during the middle of July 

 last, although I secured very few in comparison with the 



